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HAVANA. — Cuba and Venezuela signed co-operation accords on Saturday for 51 projects as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on his first trip to the island since his election, pledged to maintain the close alliance forged by his late predecessor, Hugo Chavez.
Collapsed buidling owner arrested
SAVAR/PARIS. — The owner of a Bangladeshi garment factory block that collapsed killing at least 377 people was arrested yesterday as rescuers battled to free a woman trapped for 100 hours under the debris.
Gunmen surround Libya
TRIPOLI. — Gunmen surrounded Libya’s foreign ministry yesterday to push demands that officials who had worked for deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s government be banned from senior positions in the new administration.Bouteflika recovering
ALGIERS. — Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is “responding well” after he suffered a stroke and there was no irreversible damage, a doctor told the national news agency APS yesterday.Know Your Author: Dambudzo Marechera
Dambudzo Marechera was and is still one of the most celebrated Zimbabwean novelists and poets. His books and creative works remain masterpieces ever to come from Zimbabwe and have been widely read on the continent.So this is democracy Rejoice?
Fortious Nhambura
After failing to effect the so-called media reforms, self-acclaimed democrat and Zanu-PF critic Rejoice Ngwenya has now shifted focus towards attempting to collapse the public media. He hopes to silence the will of the people and push his master’s neo-liberal ideology.Following up on a Nama award winner
Memory Chirere
Some people take awards in the arts for granted. After the ceremony, they do not care about the winner. They do not make a follow up to observe the effects of an award on the artist. kwaChirere followed up on David Mungoshi whose novel; The Fading Sun won Zimbabwe’s National Arts Merit Award (Nama) in the Outstanding Fiction category inGarcia retains title
NEW YORK. — Unbeaten Danny Garcia retained his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council light welterweight world titles on Saturday with a 12-round unanimous decision over Zab Judah.Wilkinson upstages Farrell to set up all-French final
LONDON. — England World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson marked his probable Twickenham farewell by kicking Toulon into their first Heineken Cup final after a 24-12 win over Saracens yesterday. Wilkinson, 34 next month, kicked seven penalties and a late drop-goal as Toulon saw off Saracens to book their place at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on May 18Amir Khan beat Julio Diaz
SHEFFIELD. — British boxer Amir Khan weathered a fourth-round knockdown and heavy damage late on to beat Julio Diaz by unanimous decision in Sheffield.Khan continued his rehabilitation from successive defeats against Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia by making a victorious return to Britain after over two years away, but failed